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Glam Chops “Tell Us, Are You Ready, Eddie? (Eddie, Are You Ready?)” – Following the apparent dissolution of Art Brut, Eddie Argos has re-emerged as the frontman of Glam Chops, a band that sounds more or less exactly like Art Brut, but with a horn section and back-up singers. As you could’ve guessed by their name, there is a thin “glam” conceit to the new band, but obviously, it’s glam as applied to Eddie Argos’ shtick. Basically, this is a song about a guy who has been self-consciously toying with a glam aesthetic, but has come away from the experience feeling extremely neurotic about what other people think of him, and insecure about his masculinity. In other words, it’s all backfired on him, and in playing the part of a sexually liberated rocker, he feels even more pathetic and repressed than ever before. Of course, this being Eddie Argos, it’s rather low on angst, and high on silly, self-deprecating humor. (Click here for the Eddie Argos Resource.)